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WordPress Plugin: wp-youtube-live: CVE-2022-1187: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Mar 31, 2022
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 29, 2026

Description

The WordPress WP YouTube Live Plugin is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via POST data found in the ~/inc/admin.php file which allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in versions up to, and including, 1.7.21.

Solution

wp-youtube-live-plugin-cve-2022-1187
Title
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